Fertilisation Flashcards

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What is fertilisation?

A

The fusion of the male and female gametes

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2
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What does fertilisation form?

A

Zygote

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3
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What do ribosomes in animal cells make?

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Protein

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4
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What is inside the nucleus?

A

Chromosomes

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5
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How many chromosomes do human gametes have?

A

23

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6
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How many chromosomes are there in a zygote?

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46 chromosomes in 23 pairs

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7
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What do zygotes become?

A

An embryo

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8
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What are chromosomes made of?

A

DNA

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9
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What does DNA stand for?

A

DeoxyriboNuleic Acid

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10
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What is the section of the DNA called?

A

Genes

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11
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Describe chromosomes.

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They’re thread-like structures that are stretched very long so we can’t see their structure.

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12
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What happens at cell division?

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The chromosome gets shorter and becomes visible.

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13
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What do genes control?

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the formation of a product.

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